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Roger Kenyon

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May 13, 2001, 7:24:57 PM5/13/01
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Back in the 80s we had a great time playing HHGG on that box "for the rest
of us". Knowing nothing of parsers, the whole text adventure experience
seemed like magic. The race was on in our neighborhood to solve the babble
fish puzzle and claim a T shirt.

Years later, doing some multimedia work, I contacted the company behind
Starship Titanic. They opted to use a toolset of their own making called
Lifeboat instead of off-the-shelf mTropolis. The email responses came
directly Douglas Adams. I had the opportunity to mention that, while I
enjoyed Starship Titanic, what I really miss is the wit and great theatre of
the mind found in a textual interactive novel.

Today, as a teacher, I am always looking for ways to integrate IF with
academic endeavor and share the excitement, if not the magic, of that which
is text adventure.

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R. Kenyon

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